and not-so-good news from he UK ---------------------- Forwarded by Dennis Raphael/Atkinson on 08/22/2003 08:25 AM --------------------------- "Mcdaid,D" <[log in to unmask]>@JISCMAIL.AC.UK> on 08/22/2003 07:01:12 AM Please respond to "Mcdaid,D" <[log in to unmask]> Sent by: "The Health Equity Network (HEN)" <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] cc: Subject: 'Radical blueprint for social change'? Media representations of New Labour's policies on public health Dear Colleagues Info attached on paper in Sociology of Health & Illness which may be of interest Best wishes David McDaid LSE Health and Social Care 'Radical blueprint for social change'? Media representations of New Labour's policies on public health Rosemary Davidson, Kate Hunt, Jenny Kitzinger Sociology of Health & Illness; Volume 25, Issue 6, Page 532 http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/links/doi/10.1111/1467-9566.00357 Abstract For almost two decades prior to the election of the New Labour government in 1997, inequalities in health were largely absent from the political debate in Britain. New Labour sought to bring inequalities, and the role of poverty as a 'root cause' of ill-health, back on to the public agenda. This paper analyses four key documents (Green and White Papers) laying out their proposals for public health. We explore the shifting emphasis on health inequalities between the four official documents, and between the documents and their associated press release. The paper also analyses how this translated into media coverage. It identifies common themes across the press coverage - such as criticisms about lack of targets - but also shows how coverage varied (e.g. between UK 'national' and 'Scottish' press). Finally, the study highlights the crucial issue of political context and news timing, illustrating how the English White Paper was overshadowed by other health stories which formed the basis for attacks on the Labour government in general and the Health Minister in particular. To unsubscribe send one line: unsubscribe click4hp to: [log in to unmask] . To view archives or modify subscription see: http://listserv.yorku.ca/archives/click4hp.html